Today;s column reviews the plans for an Eastwood Laundry Day, an idea generated on the "Walkable Eastwood" blog of Lonnie Chu. Her reasoning for the June 28 celebration, inspired by national clothes hanging advocate Alex Lee, is simple: Hanging laundry on the line is a comforting and reassuring neighborhood ritual that provides a way to save tremendous amounts of energy.

On of Chu's hopes is that homeowner groups in neighborhoods that ban clotheslines as unsightly will stop to think about the value of letting clothes dry in the wind - and will begin to see hanging laundry as a way of reaffirming community.